Pansy and Dahlia Fabric Flower Tutorial

Photography by James Ransom for Martha Stewart Living

I’m so excited to share this fabric flower tutorial from Martha Stewart Living with you. Such beauties! Easy to make, there’s plenty of time to create them for your Mother, Grandmother or daughter in the next day or two. There is a template for one of the flowers, but for the other, you need only needle, thread and some fabric scraps.

Making fabric flowers for mom is a gift that keeps giving because of the plethora of ways to show them off. Attach a flower to a pin to give it as a brooch or to accent her favorite tote bag. Add to a hair binder or barrette and the flower becomes an elegant hair piece. I say adorn a simple pair of flats with a shoe clip and one of these stunners and, boom!, Target flats go from drab to fab in a heartbeat. If you’re looking for a knitted flower I have a free pattern here.

On a personal note, it turns out I’m going to be buying my own flowers this year and making my own fun for Mother’s Day! The NFL managed to schedule the draft over Mother’s Day weekend. What!!? This means that my hubby has to work on Sunday. Yes. So not only has my hubby been working crazy, crazy hours because of the NFL draft, he won’t even be here that day. I’ve decided I’m going to pull out all my Mother’s Day Brunch decorations and throw myself a croissant and donut feast with the kids. I’ll even buy myself some flowers. Or, at least go pick my own.

Look at the gorgeous blooms from my garden that I cut this week. There are definitely some perks to living in Baltimore. I hope your gardens have all started to grow! It certainly brings joy to my life. I found this resource (slides 6 – 14) helpful for tricks on keeping those cut stems and blooms fresh and perky.

The fabric flower tutorial is brought to you courtesy of Martha Stewart. If you want more lovely spring goodness, or easy Mother’s Day gift ideas, pick up the latest copy of Martha Stewart Living, which is available in digital and print now. I love the watercolor papers on the cover–easy to download and print.

Dahlia Fabric Flower Tutorial

Materials

1. Cut a 2-by-36-inch strip from each type of fabric with detail scissors. (For a smaller version, cut 1 1/2-by-30 inch strips.) Snip V shapes into each strip, about 1/2 inch from edge. Place one strip on top of other.

2. Sew a running stitch several inches along bottom, 1/4 inch from edge. Every 3 to 4 inches, pull thread together; secure with a double stitch.

These are so beautiful and easy to make. Can’t wait to go get my fabrics and make my own flowers for baby headbands! Now I don’t have to order them anymore. Thanks so very much for sharing with all of us….

Rachel, I am so glad you like them. You are welcome to link to this post, however, you cannot share the tutorial photos. You may share the beauty shot with appropriate links and with credit to the photographer. Thanks so much for leaving a comment!

Wow! I’m going to marry the next year and I want to decorate the wedding with flowers. This is a good idea! Sorry for my Engish, I’m Spanish but I’m studying English a lot! Congratulations for your work and thanks for the tutorial!!

So charming for any entertainment decoration! You could find a way to put them all together and create almost like a garland. That would be pretty! Or you could use them as dinner table decorations as well.

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